scallion

scal·lion

 (skăl′yən)

n.

1. A bunching onion or a young onion harvested before the bulb develops. Also called green onion.

2. Any of several onionlike plants, such as a shallot.

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[Middle English scaloun, from Anglo-Norman scalun, from Vulgar Latin *escalōnia, alteration of Latin (caepa) Ascalōnia, Ascalonian (onion), shallot, feminine of Ascalōnius, Ascalonian, from AscalōAscalōn-, , Ascalon (Ashkelon), an ancient city of southwest Palestine, from Hebrew 'ašqəlôn; see ṯql in Semitic roots.]

scallion

(ˈskæljən)

n

(Cookery) any of various onions or similar plants, such as the spring onion, that have a small bulb and long leaves and are eaten in salads. Also called: green onion

[C14: from Anglo-French scalun, from Latin Ascalōnia (caepa) Ascalonian (onion), from Ascalo Ascalon, a Palestinian port]

scal•lion

(ˈskæl yən)

n.

1. any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.

2. shallot.

3. leek.

[1375–1425; late Middle English scalyon(e), Middle English scalone, scaloun < Anglo-French, for Old French *escaloigne < Vulgar Latin *escalonia, for Latin Ascalōnia (caepa) (onion of) Ascalon, a seaport of Palestine]

scallion

A collective term for salad vegetables with small root bulbs and long leaves, e.g. green onion.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scallion - plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum Allium porrum, leek leek - related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves alliaceous plant - bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
	2.	scallion - a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads green onion, spring onion onion - an aromatic flavorful vegetable U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Translations

بَصَلٌ أَخْضَر

jarní cibulka

forårsløg

FrühlingszwiebelLauchzwiebel

φρέσκο κρεμμύδι

cebolletaescalonia

kevätsipulipikkusipulipillisipuli

cibouleéchalote

mladi luk

Daun bawang

scalognocipolla d’invernocipollinascalogna

ネギ葱

실파

bosui

vårløk

dymka

cebolinhaCebolinha-verdecebolinho

зеленый лук

salladslök

ต้นหอม

taze soğanYeşil soğan

hành lá

小葱

scallion

[ˈskæljən] N → cebolleta f (para ensalada), cebollita f (LAm)

scallion

[ˈskæljən] n (US)

(= shallot) → échalote f

(= leek) → poireau m

scallion

[ˈskælɪən] n → cipollotto (Am) (shallot) → scalogno

scallion

→ بَصَلٌ أَخْضَر jarní cibulka forårsløg Frühlingszwiebel φρέσκο κρεμμύδι cebolleta pikkusipuli ciboule mladi luk cipollina ネギ 실파 bosui vårløk dymka cebolinha, cebolinho зеленый лук salladslök ต้นหอม taze soğan hành lá 小葱